Working groups
There are thematic working groups around the world supporting focused exchange across sectors and organizations on anticipatory action. Get involved! Contact the focal points of these working groups to find out more.
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Regional – Africa
The Eastern Africa regional technical working group on Anticipatory Action (RTWGAA) was established by IGAD together with partners in 2023 with the aim to provide coordinated platform to guide and lead harmonization of national approaches to AA by various stakeholders. The RTWGAA meets quarterly with IGAD and WFP as the chair and co-chair respectively. The mandate of the working group is in line with the developed strategic roadmap on AA.
The RTWGAA sub-working groups support the implementation of the six pillars of regional AA roadmap, as well as keep track of progress, new information, needs and emerging issues, and provide strategic and technical guidance in their thematic areas.
Lead and Co-leads:
IGAD: George Otieno
WFP: Maurine Ambani
Contact
Read more about the technical working group here.
Regional Anticipatory Action Working Group (RAAWG)
The Regional Anticipatory Action Working Group (RAAWG) aims to promote a regional approach and platform for knowledge sharing, cooperation and peer-to-peer learning in Southern Africa. It facilitates information sharing, coordination and joint advocacy, and helps collate evidence from global initiatives, support the development of a mainstreamed anticipation agenda and align standards, while also increasing investment and political momentum to drive the ongoing shift towards anticipation.
Co-leads:
IFRC
World Food Programme
FAO
Contact points:
The Regional Anticipatory Action Task Force for West and Central Africa (in French : Task Force Regionale Action Anticipatoire Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre [TFAA-AOC]) is a space for strategic collaboration, aimed at harmonizing approaches and pooling efforts at the regional level, sharing knowledge and good practices, and strengthening local capacities. It will enable members to jointly advocate for the mainstreamed anticipatory action agenda, while promoting national ownership of anticipatory mechanisms and thus increase financial and political engagement.
Lead:
Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel
Secretariat:
OCHA, WFP, FAO
Contact:
Stephanie Larsen, stephanie.larsen@un.org
Sy Martial Traore, martial.traore@cilss.int
View the ToR here.
Regional - MENA
The main objective of this MENA region anticipatory action Community of Practice is to establish a space for technical and advocacy coordination, collaboration and learning exchange and capacity strengthening on anticipatory action and acting earlier ahead of disasters in the region. It will bring together key actors to work together to ensure an effective and coordinated efforts to scale up anticipatory action in the region.
Find out more about the Community of Practice in English or in Arabic.
Regional - Latin America
The Regional Technical Group on Anticipatory Action in Latin America and the Caribbean (GTAA LAC) is a technical and inter-institutional coordination space that promotes the expansion and consolidation of anticipatory action across the region. It is composed, among others, of UN agencies, NGOs, climate centers, and intergovernmental organizations.
The group works in a coordinated manner across the following thematic areas:
- Early warning systems and climate services
- Development and activation of anticipatory action frameworks
- Institutionalization of anticipatory action
- Access to flexible financing
- Joint learning and regional knowledge exchange
View the ToR here.
Co-leads:
- German Red Cross/IFRC
- FAO
- OCHA
- WFP
Contact:
For more information about anticipatory action in the region, collaboration proposals, or any other inquiries, please contact the GTAA LAC through its shared email address, gtaalac@gmail.com.
Regional - Asia-Pacific
The Asia-Pacific Technical Working Group on Anticipatory Action facilitates knowledge-sharing across the region and informs the development of coherent technical tools, training materials and joint advocacy messages.
It has four main objectives:
- National and regional coordination
- Knowledge-sharing
- Capacity building and training
- Fostering partnerships
Co-leads
International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and its Partner National Societies and Reference Centres
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Contact points
Raymond Zingg, regional forecast-based financing coordinator, IFRC Asia-Pacific Regional Office
Catherine Jones, anticipatory action lead for Asia and the Pacific, FAO
Read more about the Technical Working Group here.